As an ACLS Instructor, one of the hardest things I notice students have trouble with is that ACLS and PALS is all about high quality CPR. My Training Center, The Cleveland Clinic, pushes this. Students usually come in, wrapped up in the algorithms, enamored by the pharmacology. Who is to blame them? We as health care providers are trained to push, push, push. If we as instructors are doing our job, the student, by the end of the course, has totally bought into the concept of high quality CPR.
I have provided two great links here. One is to the publication Circulation. The December 13, 2005 issue discusses the science behind the 2005 AHA guidelines. The other link is to a podcast lecture, hosted by Zoll, on the EMSresponder.com website, by Keith Wesley, MD. In this podcast. Dr. Wesley discusses changes to the 2005 AHA guidelines and other issues concerning CPR. The great thing about this link, after listening to the podcast, you can receive .5 CE hours.
